Improved boiler and washer



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NonWicn,NnWYonn -yLcttci-sh Paten-t No. 1Q4,550`, dated June 21,1870. I

`'nvrrriovrin B oiLnR AND WASHER.

` The Schedule vreferi'ez' to inthese Letters Patentland nakirur part of the same To allxwhcnmtinay concern: f

ne a known niet I, EDWIN" o. encens, Ornor- `Awich', in-thelconuty of Ghen'ango, and in the State of `New York, haveinventedeertain new and useful Ini {provements inGoinbined Boilers ai1d'\7 Vash`ers; and

T do hereby declare that the'jfollowing is" afulhclear,

Y and exact descriptionthereof, ,reference being had. to o theaccompanyng drawing making part/,of-this .specivice, -with the cover-reiiioved;`

Figure 2fis a vertical`longitiidinal section lof. the

` Figure 1 is aplan v' Vw of `the. upper side ofiny delfigure 3 is a side elevationlof the craiilgfpivot, and pivot-disks of the revolving cylinder;

Figures 4 and 5 are elevations of-tlieinncr faces of Ysaid disks;

i `Figure 6 isau elevation ,of the-outer side of thel bearing for the opposite end of said cylindcr,sl iowing the axial pin iuplace; and

Figure 7 is an edge viewrof the same.` Y Letters of like naine and kind'refer to 'like parts in each of the figures.

i -My invention has for its object the cleansing of soiled clothing by means of boiling waterthrough l which. said clothing is caused to pass by mechanical i means; and

Itconsists principallyv in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the bearings for the revolving cylinder, as is hereinafter specified. f i' It `also consists in the general construction andarrangement of the hereinafter described boiler and i washer, substantially'as shown and set forth.

In the annexed drawing- A and A represent the sides, B and-B,.theends, and

C, the bottom of the boiler, coiistrncted of sheet finetal in the lgeneral form shown, and having its npper 'side inclosed, when desired, by means of a cover, D,- arched longitudinally within a short distance of eachend. T l v Y E andF represent vtwocircnlar plates of lsheet metal, which have 'a diainetersiifcient to permit them to be contained within the boiler, and are connected together in the form of'a cylinderby means of a series ot' tubular bars, G, the ends of which are atpointsupon the Projecting horizontally outward from the center, of

the plate vE is a journal, H, having upoirfits outer" end i a collar or flange, 7i, which journal and collarlit .ii'itoj a corresponding .inet-al bearing, I, secured to `or upon the inner-face ofthe-side A,`and serve as air axial i v pivot upon which one `end of the cylinder revolves. A pivotal bearingis seeurcdforthc opposite end of` construction.

1 "Being ready foruse, the boiler is provided with a said cylinder by ineans ofthe following described de:

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A sinall metal disk, K, provided upon one side with acylindrical projection, 7s, is secured in place upon: the center of thecylinder end F by means of a bolt,

L, passing outward through s aidend Fraud disk K, a heath-Z, upon .the inner end of said bolt holding it within said eylinderwhile a'squared -portion near said 'il head fitting-into, corresponding openings within said end anddisk preserves their-,relativeradial positions.

LA 'second dislnli, correspondingin. size with' the disk K,.isxprovide d upon one'of its faces with a U= lshapedprojeetion,fm, which, `when' saiddisk is placed in position upon the outer face' of the side A', extends inward through a Asuitable opeuing'within said side, and furnishes'a bearing for the projection It upon said disk K. l o

"A suitable'fopening, z, being provided for the bolt L, in and through the center of the disk M, the latter and the dislrK'are held in place upon the boiler `and cylinder, and in relative position, by'ineans of a spiral spring, it, placed around the bolt, and caused to beari a against said disklll, by means of a nut, N, suitablythreaded. upon said bolt.

L, furnishes a means by which the cylinder can be.

rotated within theboiler, when desired.

'As' thev cylinder is designed tocontain the 'clothing "l to be operated upon, it is divided horizontally alittle above its center, and the sections 4secured vtogether upon one sidc,'by means of hinges f,`and upon the other side 4byincans of a hasp and-staple, Dpef usual suilicient quantity of water, and placed uponajstovc, or over any suitable re, and after said water 4has ac` quired a boiling temperature, the cylinderis nearlylilled with clothing, the cover replaced, and said c'ylirii der caused to-revolve slowly, by which means said clothing will be alternately immersed wit-hin, andrermoved from, the boiling water, so thatv thel latter is bronghtjnto immediate contact with each portion of the former, and the dirt'containcd therein speedily and thoroughly removed.

In order that the clothing within the 4cylinder mayA be more quickly acted upon by the water, a portion or the wholcrof the tubular bars G' are provided upon their inner sidewith a longitudinal slot, g, by ineans of which .said bars are converted into cups that are` lIilleduitlfwatcr cachtiine that they areiininerscd, which water is carried upward, and discharged upon the upper side of the clothing.

Freni theforcgoing description o'f my device, it will. Jbe seen that the heretofore separate boiler and washer are combined .in sosiniplc and compact a inaniicr that, o,

A crank, O, secured upon the outer endof thebolt I while capable of performing, in a superior manner, and at a less expense of time and labor, the oce of each of said devices, can be furnished at a comparatively low cost.

I ani aware that boilers provided with revolving openwork cylinders have been used before, and also that cups or hollow'bars for raising above and discharging water upon the clothes have been employed, and therefore do not claim the same broadly.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention,

What I claim as new is- The hcreinbeforc described Washing device, consisting of the boiler A, B, C, and D, containing the cylinder, composed "of the plates E andF, connected together by means of the bars G and G', and pivoted to',

or upon said boiler by means of thc journals H and L, the bearing Land the disks K and M', substantially as and for the purpose speoied.

Also, thedisks K and M, provided with the projections k and m, respectively, and secured to or upon the boiler and cylinder by means of the bolt L, the nut N, and the spiral spring n, substantially as shown and for the purpose specied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of May, 1870.

EDWIN C. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

J AMES E. NIcKERsoN, W. S. HEWITT. i 

